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The idea is to have global standards. There is so much travel that if you just had a regional standard, it would probably ultimately have to be changed.
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There are no automatic links between poverty and terrorism. Among millions of poor people in the world, only a few turn to terrorism.
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If information ends up in the wrong hands, the lives of people very often are immediately at risk.
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I have never come across a technology that doesn't change. This is inevitable. You have to adapt your systems as technology develops.
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We remain vulnerable. There is no such thing as 100 percent security against terrorism.
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Terrorists have failed in what is arguably al Qaida's most important objective - to trigger revolutions.
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The key to tackling Islamist fundamentalism and terrorism from the Islamist community is in the hands of moderate Muslims.
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There is a series of sectors which could be severely disrupted by terrorist attacks, particularly if they were to happen in several member states simultaneously.
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You can't get closer to the heart of national sovereignty than national security and intelligence services.
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Europe has a long and tragic history of mostly domestic terrorism.
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We're still stymied by the old stand-off between those who wish to fight terrorism and resistance fighters.
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The violent radicals do not legitimately represent the overwhelming majority of the world's Muslims.
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The majority of the world's Muslims do not believe that terrorism is a legitimate strategy or that Islam is incompatible with democracy.
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Muslim organisations tend to have a low level of organisation. The communities in Europe are quite diverse.
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